Steel Soviet Union

"What did you say? Withdrew? Did the German run away again???"

Malashenko could foresee that he might have to lead his troops deep into the city to annihilate the German siege troops who were fighting fiercely with the Polish rebels. It is also conceivable that the superiors may not be willing to let the elite leader division do such a life-threatening job of grinding meat, and then ask the leader division to withdraw and replace it with ordinary troops to do this, and let Malashenko lead the team out of the city to continue. Go and fight in the plains where you are best.

In Malashenko's view, both situations were possible, but Malashenko did not expect that the result would be like this. The German guy actually ran away with oil on his feet again? What the hell is this? Are you addicted to running?

Unlike Malashenko, who looked surprised and confused, who did not know the specific situation, Comrade Political Commissar, who had a detailed understanding of the overall situation and macro situation, just pointed at the map, extended an invitation to Comrade Division Commander, and then continued to speak to himself. .

"The Germans suffered a catastrophic failure in yesterday's battle, and the origin of everything was our battle to encircle and suppress the Grossdeutschland Division. This was the starting point and the key point of the strategic failure of the Germans."

Malashenko, who understood what Comrade Political Commissar meant, had already arrived in front of the map, carefully watched and listened to Comrade Political Commissar's explanation, and the next words continued.

"The Grossdeutschland Division was originally the central core support point of the entire German field group, connecting the north and south directions.˜"*°•.˜˜.•°*"˜From the strategic situation of the enemy and ourselves, once the Grossdeutschland Division was knocked out If it is penetrated, the entire German field group will be cut in half and divided into two independent parts, the north and the south, which will lose their land connection. "

"Theoretically speaking, it is impossible to kill the Grossdeutschland Division in a short time. This is a very elite heavy armored field group with a high degree of mechanization and heavy firepower. Its organization is also the most complete among the entire German field group. And this The bastards are fighting on the outskirts of the city with the city of Warsaw behind them, and they also have control of the Central Bridge.”

"No matter how bad the situation is, the Grossdeutschland Division can retreat to Warsaw relatively calmly. If a large number of Red Army troops catch up and attack the city, they can immediately blow up the bridge and hold on to the west bank of the Vistula River. . Using this natural moat to prevent the Red Army from crossing the river and landing, so that the Red Army's superior assault forces cannot be used due to terrain obstruction, is quite insidious and very effective. "

"This can also explain why the Germans can so confidently place a lone force of the Grossdeutschland Division here and defend such a large frontal defense area. They have already made plans to retreat, and this retreat still seems It is foolproof and very reliable. The Germans know that they are no match for us in a head-on battle. They can only use strategic depth to continuously consume our offensive energy during movement, lengthen our supply lines, and then find a suitable opportunity to launch a complete strategic counterattack. Fight us off.

"But, there is an unexpected variable here: we, the leadership division, are this variable that the Germans did not expect."

"The powerful and fast offensive energy after the completion of the synthetic adaptation shocked even us. Compared with the previous one, it was completely improved exponentially, not to mention the Germans who were completely unaware of this situation and were defenseless."

"The Grossdeutschland Division encountered an unprecedented crisis in a very short period of time. It couldn't get away or escape. It was entangled with us and could only fight. But they are not fools. They know how to call for reinforcements. The Skeleton Division is what they call them. Come the savior.”

"However, we all know what happened later. The Skeleton Division failed to catch the last bus to rescue people, so they had to turn around and run back. And the more detailed situation does not stop there. The Skeleton Division was attacked by us during the retreat. Multiple rounds of strikes by a large number of aviation forces.”

"These aviation units that were originally called by us to prevent the Skeleton Division from continuing southward performed very well. Countless aircraft shells, rockets and bombs fell on the retreating Fascists."

"Friendly troops advancing in the follow-up reported that there were corpses of SS soldiers and wreckage of vehicles and equipment everywhere along the road. It was literally strewn with corpses. After several consecutive waves of air strikes, almost all the ammunition of an entire wave of air strikes of an aviation division was destroyed. It hit the head of the Skeleton Division, and it was during the retreat and unprepared. It is conceivable that the casualties and losses were huge.”

Comrade Political Commissar said a lot in one breath, and Comrade Lao Ma, who knew what he was talking about, quickly handed over a glass of hot water on the table. He was afraid that Comrade Political Commissar would be tired, so he drank some water first to moisten his throat.

It was also after watching the Comrade Political Commissar take a couple of sips of water, Malashenko, who was digesting the new information he had just received that he had not known before, finally spoke after having some thoughts and questions.

"According to this, the Grossdeutschland Division is gone, the Skeleton Division went back and forth twice without accomplishing anything and suffered heavy casualties. The strength of the entire German field group in eastern Poland was greatly damaged, which in turn led to their final retreat? Is that so? "

Malashenko felt that he had found the reason, but Commissar Petrov obviously had something to add, so he put down the water glass in his hand and continued to speak.

"This is generally true, but there are still some details that need to be clearly added."

"As we knew in advance, the Skeleton Division was not sent as a reserve force to rescue people, but after paying a certain price and forcibly breaking away from direct contact with the Red Army troops that were fighting with it, it was desperate They came all the way south to save people. The situation is probably so urgent that the Grossdeutschland Division cannot be completely wiped out, otherwise it wouldn’t be like this.”

"The Skeleton Division paid a lot for their southward rescue operation. Not only did they lose unnecessary troops during the forced disengagement battle, but they also suffered even greater losses due to air attacks on the subsequent retreat that failed. "

"The important thing is that the Skeleton Division completely lost the frontal defense area that it was responsible for. This is the most critical point. After such a heavy-armed mechanized force that served as the main force group left, the remaining German troops in the entire defense area were completely powerless. Against the overwhelming Red Army field cluster, failure is inevitable, it’s just a matter of time.”

"So, the final result was that the Grossdeutschland Division was destroyed, the central defense zone of the German field cluster was penetrated, the entire cluster was cut in two, and land connections were cut off. Moreover, the northern cluster also had an important role due to the Skeleton Division. The lack of troops and the wide opening of the defense zone led to the complete collapse of the defense line, which could not close the gap at all, and could only retreat again and again, and the army was defeated. "

"When the situation has reached this point, the few remaining German field group troops in the south have no need to continue fighting."

"The central and northern roads were completely lost and most of them were wiped out. The German troops on the southern route retreated overnight, fearing the same fate. The entire Warsaw now became a salient, and the German siege troops in the city became strategic overnight. The German frontline troops at the forefront, now you should understand why these bastards have to retreat overnight, right?"

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